Van Leeuwen, Jean

Jean Van Leeuwen is the author of more than fifty children's books, including picture books, Easy-to-Read books, and middle-grade fiction. She has won numerous awards, including the William Allen White Award, the South Carolina Children's Book Award, the Washington Irving Children's Choice Award as well as many ALA Notable Book citations. Her popular Oliver and Amanda Pig Easy-to-Read series was called as ?timeless as the truths of childhood? by the New York Times. A former children's book editor, she lives in Chappaqua, New York.